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f / . If Tov Dwlt Rcai TRB CHRONICUi T«taD«i*tGbt TIm Nm THE CHROiqCtB ^trl^ Te B« • C1«mi N««»> paper, CoMpIcta, Newap, . aii4 Reliablau Fi / VOLUME XXXV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 7,1935 NUMBER 10 WHO WILL BE MISS_C!JNT0N? Contest Starts Today To Select This Dty*8 Representative To Charleston Azalea Festival. Twelve Young Ladies Selected As Nominees. > ^ CLOTON FQLKS YOU KNOW Who wtH be “Miss Clinton” in tjje Charleston Azalea Festival <^)ntest which bephs today and in which a number of merchants and business fims of the city are taking active part as will be seen from an adver* tisament appearing in today’s paper? the contest which promises to be one of pleasant rivalry will be of two week’s duration.^clbsing at mid-night Saturday, March lOth. Each conteetant will have an equal chance to win and with the coopera tion" of her friends should start out to<faiy with the determination of cap- ttoring the coveted trip. How may a* conteetant win? The rulea of the contest aie simple. The atorae whose names ai^^r in the ad vertisemsni are giving votes with cash porehaaes and-payments on ac- ''ieouatSy lOO votes with each $1.00. The buying public gets voting coupons from th^ stores, fill in the name of the young lady you wish to vote for and deposit at the store. On the clos ing date, March 16th, the young lady having the greatesrt number of votes will be given the trip absolutely free and will participate in the contest for the ssisction of “The Queen of the Asalea Festival.” This is a lovely trip for “Miss Clinton.” She will be entertained in Charleston at the Francis Marion or the Fort Sumter hotel. The five days of fntertaimnent will rival New C^- leans* Mardi Gras in gaiety and pleas ure. The beauty contest will be held early Tuesday evening, March 26th, and after the crowning of the queen the population of the city and thou sands of visitors will join in a gala strest can^ival. The program for the remainder of the week will also be crowded with entertaining events. They will include a street criers’ con test, athletic competitions, festival balls, a children’s pageant, a water carnival and an air show. • « • At the close fsettml' the reigning queen and a chaperone whom she will select, will be given a trip to Wf^ngton as an additional re ward. l^lroad fare and hotel expens es wUl be paid, and she and her chap erone will have an opportunity to see the nation> capital at • most advan tageous season—chery blossom time. The queen will be entertained at The BCayflower hotel. Additional interest has been added to the contest by tbs anndai\oement that Haskell Coffin, famous artist and illustrate for mag- azinss, will paint a picture of the young lady who is chosen queen of the festival, and will {H'esent it to her as a special gift. Tbs oootsst starts today. Cast your votes fe your favorite candidate. The TwdTe Neadaeee The follpsfing jroung ladies have been nominated fe **Miss Ginton”: Mtsa Mary Todd. Miw Odstta Mauney. Miae Bebe Dillard. Miss Alden Bail^. ~ Miss Medora Browning. —3^ Miss Georgia Bee Blakely. Miss Nannie Sue Adain Miss Josie Pressley. Miss Jsmie Little. Miss Hssel Boland. . Miss Collette Davis. Min Marian Cox. Regidration Board . Members Named V ■ ' —— Governor Johnston has appointed A. Wright Sims of Waterloo, and J. C. McMillan and A. M. Gopel«hd of this city, members of the Laurens county registration boaril. Mr. Copeland, a highly esteemed Otmfederfte veteran of this city, is a new member^ taking the place the late Thomas S. Langston of Madden, who died Several iqonths ago. Mr. Sims also is a Confederate veteran. Mr. McMillan has served as a mem ber of the board for the past seihrral y«ars during which time he has ren dered valuable service to the county. CHARLES CLINTON GILES C. C. Giles, a CKntonian by adop tion, was bom in Cleveland, Tenn., a son of Latham C. Giles ami Mattie Dooley Giles. His family, while he was y^ a lad, moved to Nichols, Ga., where he was' reared arid, attended school. I In 1914 Mr. Giles was married to li^MS Ruby Roberts, also- of Nichols. Soon thereafter they moved to Tampa, Fla., where he was engaged in the lumber business for fourteen 3^rs. In 1928 Mr. Giles, decided to enter the automobile business and turned his attention toward South Carolina in search for a desirable opening. He visited Clin^n, and after giving the matter of kT^cation most careful con sideration he selected this city. He immediately secured the valuable Chevrolet agracy for Clinton and this section and organism for business under the firm name of the Giles Chevrolet company. During the seven yMre he has Wn in business here he has developed a successful agency and ranks a& one of the aggressive, en terprising dealers *of the two Caro- linas .for the diaj;Dbution of this wdl known automobile. Twice to take care of his incrsMHig business his plant ea West Mala atraec has baen raniod> eled and enlarged. Not only does ha hold die Chevrolet agency, but he is an extemive dealer in lued cars, car- riee a luge line of pa^s arid acces- sorias, and <^;>eraies a complete repair depaiiment He k ably assisted in the office managemefkt of his business by Mrs. Giles. Mr. (Rles since coming to Clinton has made many frimds. He is a pub- TTe-spirited citizen interested in the cky’s progress and a Clinton booster. His chtmh affiliation 'is with North Broad Stmt Methodist church. He is a miei^bw of"'the local “Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis club, and Mer chants’ association.^ He can always be counted upon to give his support and aid to any worthy project for the community. Mr.~aikh Mrs. Giles make their home in the College View residential sec tion of the cky. They have two chil dren, Thurston Giles, a freshman at Clemson college, and Miss Patricia Giles, a senior at Virginia Intermont college, Bristol, JTenn., Augusta Forms Thomwell Chapter State Holds Off - " - Tax Penalty Collection of the additional 5 per cent penalty on state taxes, suppled to beeonie effective on March 1st, was poetp<med phtil Mfimh ISth, according to a letter eent out to the county tfiMurers by the. state comproller general. The two wei^ delay, aoDording'to Mr. Beattie, was authorised pending the action of the legidature in estab- llaldiig the final payment date. H la expected thte tHe time wiU be extend ed to May 1st, M has bean the ease in the pact two yean, hut pp an- Boqneepieot has been mad* other thpn (ha tw* waaks. extenaten te March IS. On Monday afternoon Dr. L Ross Lsnm, Mrs. Dennis Sowers, and* Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Stutts went to Au gusta, Ga., where a Thomwell Or phanage alumni chapter was formed. Dr. L)^ was the principal speaker at the supper, there being about thirty-five Thornwlel alumni an<nhcff guests present. G. R. Coffin,,-an offi cer in the Greene StreeMPmbyterian church,^ ako spok^'^llmg of his pleasant relaikm with and ^sincere lave for ThbiWell. At the conclusion of the supper short talks were made by ^ny of the former Thomwell pupils. Officers of the chapter are: Mrs. Charles H. AHgood, president; Mrs. Leon Williank, vice-president; George Cartledge, secretary; Mrs. Henry Harrell, treasurer. chapter de cided to meet on. the second Wednes day in each month. The*meeting Mon day was held in the Y. M: C. A. build ing* Thornwell chapters now have been organized m eight cities: Charlotte, Atlanta, Augusta, Washington, Green ville, Andersoip Spartaid>urg, -and Charleston. Another will be formed in Cerfumbte on Mardi 16th, the anni- vereary of the birtJi of Dr. W. P. Ja- cobinibuDder of the institution. It is felt that great good will be accoinplidied from this pertenal con tact with the ifprmer pupils of the or phanage, a deeper interest shown by them their alma mater, and more sdMtantial eupp^ in the dsjrs 'to come. FREE! For the best article submitted on this subject— ‘Why I Am a Subscriber and Reader I of The Chronicle.” ' $7.50 wiU be given for the first price. $2.50 will be given for the second prize.. This contest is open during the monih of March to all 'subscribers of THE CHRONICLE or members of their families. Write your letters in answer tio this question and mail or bring them to the office. The winners in the contest will be announced in THE CHRONICLE op ApHl 4th, and the first prize letter pub- liirtped. The let.t'er winning the second prize will appear on April 11th. * GET BUSY — WIN THESE FREE PRIZES" All letters, must be confined to the subject, “Why^l Am' a Subscriber and Reader of The Chronicle.” Roosevelt Begins His Third Year Leaders Forecast Break Over Relief. Definite Course Decid ed, Confident of Victory, Mrs. H. Y. Simpson Dies At Laureiis Venerable Woman Fails To Re cover From Fall Which Frac tured Hip Two Weeks Ago. Laurens, March 5. — Mis. Mary Wilkes Simpson, 79, wife of CkH Henry Y. Simpson, died shortly before 4 o’clock Tuesday morning at the fam ily residency. West Main street. Mrs. Simpson bad suffered a fracture of her hip ip an accidental fall at her home two weekJi ago. After receiving surgical treatment at the local hos pital for eeveral days, she was return ed to the home, her condition steadily growing more critical to the end. Funeral services were hrid from the residence at 11 a. m., Wednesday, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. E. D. Patton of the First Presbyterian ehurdh; the Rev. C. T. Squires, a for- aser pastor, now minister, of the' Fourth Presbyterian church, Green ville; and the Rev. W. D. Spinx, pas tor of the First Baptist ehurd^ -Ttie services were conducted at the grave side at the family burial plot in the Laurens cemetery. Mrs. Simpson, a native of this city, was a daughter of the late Thomas C. Wilkes and Martha Hix Wilkes and was bom April 28, 1866. She was married April 26, 1888, to Henry Young- Simpson, Laurens attorney, son of former Governor and Chief Justice William D. Simpson. Early in life she became a member of the Presbyterian church And had been ac tively identified with its work and history. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a sister, Miss Leila Wilkes, of Laurens and a Targe num ber of nephews and nieces. Her broth ers, the late E. H. and S. jM. Wilkes, were for many years among the busi ness and civic leaders of Laurens. Court Convenes / Next Monday Jurors Drawn To Serve For Civil Term. Judge Stoll, Of Kings- tree, To Preside. Jurors for the Laurens county tivil term of court which convenes Mon day, March 11th, have been drawn by the commissioners as follows: From Laurens township: C. H. Babb, W. F. Koper, L. M. Mobley, T. H. Burts, Wright Riddle, C. W. Taylor and C. M. Wolff. Dials township! Frank Curry, L. At Armstrong, Egebert M. Riddle, M. A. Wallace, W. B. Brooks, J. H. Ball and A. W. Rhodes. Hunter township: W. B. Hamm, G. A. Black, J. P. Prather, J. S. Madden and Wr J. Dtmcan. Waterloo township: L. G. Madden, 5 '. Q. Teague, S. R. Jones, A. S. Hill, . R. Ci^er and C. H. MoCbeeney. Youngs township—W. N. Stephens, J. B. Hunter, I. C. Cook, H. H. Aber crombie, J. Gray Harris. Sullivan township: J. D. Pitts, G. C. Roper and H. S. Balentine. Cross Hill township: H. W. Turner and R. T. Hitt. Jacks township: N. H. labors. The lerm is expected to last for one week. Judge Philip H. Stoll will be the presiding officer. Johnston To Ask Loans For State Governor^Plans Trip 1*0 PWA Headquarters After Inspect ing Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Mac B. Bipp.iMid fam ily, of Newteri^, apent Soadaj beie with relathrek ' Service, Sunday By Young People On Sunday morning at North Broi Street Methodist church the Dr. J. C. Roper, will soeak-^ “The Minyitry of Suffering. At the evening-service the anniver sary of th^.-y6ung peoples’ work will be observed. Under the leadership of L. Blanton, the young people will have charge of the service to which the public is cordially invited, ’ The slogan with this congregation for the year is “Go to Church.” Only two stewards were absent last- Sun day morning and only one at the eve ning service, at which time the quar terly conference was held by Pr«id- ing Elder Beach of the Gi’eenrille dis trict. Browning Named ^As Magistrate James L. Browning, of this ..city, was on Tues^y i^ipointed by Gover nor Johnston as magistrate at Clin ton. Mr. Browning fills out the un«- pired term of B. R. Fuller, who re-^ cently resigned,the positioq^upon his appointment as postmaster. It is un derstood that a large number of ap- plkatkms' were filed for the place. •Hie appointment was made by the governor upon the recommendation of Senator C. D, Nance of this county. Columbiz, March 4.—Governor John ston announced today he plans to con fer with i PWA authorities at ington this week on the possiM securing funds, for public^w<jfks pro jects in South Caroli Following an ipsp^tion df the state hospital licre-^today^ the chief execu tive' saidr^fter this persona! survey, convinced that every effort old be put forth to secure some of the PWA funds in order to rol'cve the great overcrowding and thus fa cilitate the important and necessary work of this institution.” Asserting he “would not do any thing to impair the financial integ rity of our state,” the governor point ed out that “if means of improving such institutions can he obtained^at this- time without jeopardizing the state’s finances and without adding increased purdens^to the taxpayers— I afn in favor of such plans. “We cannot turn our backs upon those who are-mentally and physically sick when they are in distress.” The state hospital has appli a PWA loan of approximately |500,- 4000. The governor said he planned to visit other state institutions for in spections in the near future, adding INFANT SON DIES The ii^ant son of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Adair of tiiis city, died Tuesday at the Hay* iMspRal. Interment toc^ place in tbe afternoon at the Pieebyterian ^cemeteiT. he would “probahly visit the peniten tiary next.”' iSiealy Heads Rotary Club • At its regular meeting on Monday, the Clinton Rotary Club elected Dr. P. K.'Shealy as president for the com ing-yeiar. T. J. Blalock was elected vice-president and the Club directors ale R. E. Sadler, R. E. Wysor, Jr., E. J. Adair and Iiby Hipp. Ma,r^)all Brown was re-elected secretary- treas urer. The new officers will 'assume their duties <m Washington, March 4,—-Silently himself, but with,eyery member 'of his cabinet^ praising results of the New Deal, President Roosevelt today looked into, a third White House year that holds questions of great mom ent to his political future. The overcast skies and the'‘chiir in the air- were strangely remi^wnt oLthat* day two years ago when the piesident stood on the Rt<^s of the capitol JLo. re&pund as,-<lhief Justice Hughes administer^ the oath. Instead of preparing to meet a banking debacle and threatened eco nomic collapse, however, today found Mr. Roosevelt sending e merchant marine subsidy inessage to Congress artd endeavoring to stiaighten out a congressional tangle over his four bil lion dollar relief program—a tangle which politcial wiseacres predicted would cast its Curiou;sly twisting shad ows upon 1986 and its presidential election. Congress was rebellious on other matters too and the sooth-sayers .also forecast that bis skill in handling di vergent elements also would reflect itself in the nation’s history. • Not until night fall did he observe the anniversary itself. -A dinner to which menJters of his cabinet and several cl0f(e friends were invited had been arranged for the evening. It was g’ven in the .Mayflower . Hotel which hou.sed hte presidential faiuil'^ t*wo years ago before it moved to the White House. But befoie that ' an anniveisary meeting brought all members of his cabinet together to outline the a- chievements of their departments dur ing the two years. Secretary Perkins said 2,550,000 men and women -bad returned to employment in private industries and that payrolls were $80,700,000 larger each week than they were in March, 1933. She sai^ labor department fig- ui^ showed 310,00 men working on public works construction, 1,680,000 at emergency works, 400,000 in con servation work, 146,000 on state roads and 12,000 on RPC projects. .Secretary Wallace aaid the farm picture was much brighter than two years ago. Surpluses have been clear ed away by a combination, of fanry measures and drought, he said, ana T~gradual increase in production was planned for 1936. Farm incomes, he added, had increased from 370,000,000 in 1932 to $6,262,000,000 in 1933 and $6,163JMO,000 in 1934. “During -the coming year, with of- dinary weather, our farm families will turn out about 90 per cent of the amount they produced in 1929,” he said. Secretary Ickes listed as aeporfip lishments under bis departnknt the completion of -BouldeTjDAm two arid a half years absttlMn schedule; the beginning of the'Columbia Basin de- velopmentr''1uid the work toward oil opneervation. said the average public works Implosnnent laei year had kept an average of 2,000,000 men at work each month, that 11,000 of the 20,- 000 public works projects had been complete<l and that more than two billion dollars of the $3,7000,000,000 provided for public works had been spent by the first of this year. Secretary Morgenthau said the out standing achievement of the treasury during the ^ two years had been -the borrowing ^of the vast amounts of money neoel^sary to. finance the many pronged aefivities of the government and at the‘same time to reduce the average rate of interest paid on' the whole governmwt debt. ' " ' Secretary "Swanson told of the pro gram under way toward buildiilg up the navy to treaty limits, and said neither it nor the contemplated fleet maneuvers in the vicinity^f Ala^ca had anything to do with Japan. Secretary Hull said the mainte- naike and promotion of political and economical peace waS^^he primary purpose of the state departing pol-- icy. He recoupted the various' new trade and other treaties'^tbat had been signed. ~ Secretary Dem, Attorney General Cummings, Postmaster General Far ley and Secrete^ Roper then told of the heavy work of thedr departments. PROPOSE PLAN TODROPCODE^ Senator Harrison Tells Cotnmt- tee-Investigation of NRA To Be Simplified. FtiHy 80 Per Cent To Be AJbRndoned. VVashingtop/fltarch 5.—A plan put forward fpom administration quarters for dropping a siieable number of N^^ 600 codes — peibaps as many ^ 80 per cent of them—was reported today in two informed congressional quarters. Chairman Harrison, of the senate finance.^committee, in arranging to open an inquiry into the NRA on Tue.sday, told his committee in exec utive ses.sion that the investigation would be simplified by the intention of official.s to drop many of the small er codes. Thus, he said, it would not- be necessary to inquire into their ad-^ ministration. . In another quarter, it'was asserted that administration plans for extend ing __ NRA contemplate ^ abandoning about 80 per cent of .the existing codes, including virtually all those not primarily concerned with interstate commerce. This waa interpreted in .senate quar ters as meaning many of the retail codes and codes dealing with thd ser vice industries. Thus, mainly the codes for the big basic industries would be retained, it was .said. Almost simultaneous with these di.s- closures. Clay Williams, chairman of the board of NRA, arranged with President Roosevelt for his early re tirement to his private business. ' Williams, vice-chairman of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company, Indi cated hi.s retirement would be/effec tive in a couple of weeks. Alnvbst since taking over his NRA post be has been a target for labor criticism. At Blue Eagle headquarters there was no immediate confiritiation of .the capitol reports that many codes would be dropped, particularly that 80 per cent would be' abandoned. In other administration quarters, however, it w*^ said that a substan tial simplification fo NRA was plan ned. It was indigated in this same official source tbat many industries could be eliminated from the codes, and that many .provisions of existing codes would be dropped. . State Gets More Tax Free Cotti 31,000 Bales ment Fih* Higher YU A dded Ta^Allot - So^itn Carolina, 'ossible. Mrs. iL. A. Canoon left Sunday to visit bsr.sieter, Mizz Helen Derridc, jo CBiarlotte, N. G. Speakers For School Closing Comm€nce:m«*»t exercises of the Clinton higb^.school will begin this year on Sunday evening. May 26th, at which time the baccalaureate ser mon before the graduating class will be delivered by the Rev. M. R. Win- gard, pastor of St. John’s Luthe/an church of this city. The literary address will be deliv ered on Monday evening, the 27th, by Ebenezer Lutheran church of C<dum- bia. ■—. V . . ia, March 3. — Frank 0. Black, of Columbia, federal crop stat istician, says South Carolina’s 1985 cotton allotment of approximately '634,(^0 bales would permit a yield of 226 pounds per planted acre as com- . pared with an average of 21*0 pounds for the years 1928-’33. _ The allotment, Black pointed out, represents an increa.se over the 1934 allotment, which wasr 603,000 bales. “The base or planted averag’e acre age for the years 1928-’32 is 1,915,000 acres,” he said. “The farmers will be permitted td'^ent from 25 to 35 per cent of this ba.se acreage in 1935, and assuming that the rented acreage will" average 30 per cent, leaves 1,340,000 acres which can be planted in 1935. “Thus the allotment of 634,000 standard bsles would permit a yield of 226 pounds a planted acre-which compares with an average of 214 pounds for the years 1928-'32 and 2"l0 “pounds for the years 1928-’33.”- Black said the average production in standard bales for 1928-’32 was ap proximately 854,000 bale.s, and for r92a.’^, 836,000 bales,, “Thu.s,” he asserted, “the alIotte4l bales- for ^h^" .state are 222,000 below, the average production for the- 1928- ’32 period and 202,000 bales below tlie average for the ^period 1928-’33.” Huey To Deliver Address In S.C. Columbia, March 4.—Announcement was made here tonight that Senator Huey P. Long, of Louisiana, would deliver an address here March 23. The announcement was made by- Representative Ben E. Adams, of Co- lum>bia, member of the’ legislature from Richland county and chairman of a committee on arrangements for riie occasion. CLEMSON MEN TO. MEET The I,,aurens County Clemson Alum ni ilub will hold a meeting Friday, night in the Masonic Temple building.'' After U»e serving of supper, an inter esting program will be presented wi'Oi an out-of-town speaker as the guest of honor. A cordial invitation to all the Rev. P. D. D.D., paatqg former Ckmzon etudentsHs extended by the committee in charge qf the meetihf., '' tjgsumiiSm A: